- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Serving: 8 Persons
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 532
- Carbohydrate Content: 18g
- Fat Content: 30g
- Fiber Content: 2g
- Protein Content: 45g
- Saturated Fat Content: 12g
- Sodium Content: 0.6g
- Sugar Content: 5g
Roast lamb with spring herb crumbs Recipe
Roast lamb with spring herb crumbs is a British recipe for 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has white bread, garlic clove and lemon.
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove - 2 garlic cloves
- Anchovy - 3-4 anchovy fillets, chopped (optional)
- Olive Oil - 2 tbsp olive oil
- Onion - 2 onions, cut into chunks
- Carrot - 5 carrots, cut into chunks
- Parsley - small bunch parsley, chopped
- Lemon - zest 1 lemon
- White Bread - 100g good-quality white bread
- Bay Leaf - 4 bay leaves
- Rosemary - small bunch rosemary
- Plain Flour - 5 tbsp plain flour
- Lamb - large leg of lamb, about 3kg/6lb 8oz
- White Wine - 200ml white wine, plus a splash
- Thyme Leaf - 1 tsp thyme leaf, chopped
Instructions
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. For the lamb, scatter the vegetables, bay leaves and a few rosemary sprigs into a large roasting tin and drizzle with the olive oil. Use a sharp knife to make little slits all over the lamb. Poke a slice of garlic and a small sprig of rosemary into each one. Sit the lamb on top of the veg in the roasting tin, add a splash of wine, then cook for 2 hrs if you like it pink, or 2 hrs 15 mins for cooked through. Remove from the oven, transfer to a board and cover with foil, then rest for 45 mins-1 hr.
- To make the gravy, pour off most of the fat from the tin but leave the veg and any meat juices. Place the tin on the heat to caramelise the veg, then stir in the flour and cook to a paste. Gradually stir in the wine, cook for a min, then stir in the stock and simmer until you have a tasty gravy. Push the gravy through a sieve into a small pan and keep warm.
- Turn oven up to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. For the crumbs, blitz everything in a food processor and scatter over a tray. Bake in the oven for 10-15 mins until crisp, then re-blitz or break up with your fingers to crumbs again. These can be made in advance and kept in an airtight container for 2 days. Serve the lamb carved into slices, sprinkled with crumbs and a jug of gravy alongside.
